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Guy Trosper
Guy Walter Trosper (March 27, 1911 – December 19, 1963) was an American screenwriter. He was best known for his work in the films ''The Stratton Story'' (1949), ''Devil's Doorway'' (1950), ''The Pride of St. Louis'' (1952), '' Jailhouse Rock'' (1957), ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (1961), ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), and '' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965). Trosper began his film career as a reader for Samuel Goldwyn and became a screenwriter in 1941. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and posthumously won an Edgar Award in 1966. Early life Trosper was born in Lander, Wyoming on March 27, 1911, the son of Ruth Calista (née Edgcomb) and Charles Alfred Trosper. His younger sister was Kathryn Naomi Popper (née Trosper). Personal life and death Trosper was married to Genevieve Dorothy "Betty" Bolster from 1940 until his death in 1963. They had two children, Julie and Jeffrey. Trosper died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lander, Wyoming
Lander is a city in Wyoming, United States, and the county seat of Fremont County. It is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is a tourism center with several nearby guest ranches. Its population was 7,487 at the 2010 census. History Lander was previously known as Pushroot, Old Camp Brown and Fort Augur. Its present name was chosen in 1875 in reference to General Frederick W. Lander, a transcontinental explorer who surveyed the Oregon Trail's Lander Cutoff. 19th Century In 1868, the Fort Bridger Treaty set the Wind River Indian Reservation southern border at the Sweetwater River. By the early 1870s, conflicts were increasing between white settlers illegally on the reservation and the Shoshone. The U.S. Government had also learned most of the desirable land east of the Wind River Mountains was on the reservation. As a result, in 1872 Congress authorized a delegation to meet with the elders of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year. Active author categories Robert L. Fish Memorial Award The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was established in 1984 to honor the best first mystery short story by an American author. The winners are listed below. Lilian Jackson Braun Award The Lilian Jackson Braun Award was established to honor Lilian Jackson Braun and is presented in the "best full-length, contemporary cozy mystery as submitted to and selected by a special MWA committee." Sue Grafton Memorial Award The Sue Grafton Memorial Award was established in 2019 to honor Sue Grafton and is presented to "the best novel in a series featuring a female protagonist." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl He Left Behind
''The Girl He Left Behind'' is a 1956 American romantic comedy film starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. The supporting cast includes Jim Backus, Alan King, James Garner, and David Janssen. The film was written by Guy Trosper and directed by David Butler (director), David Butler, and was filmed at Fort Ord, California. For both Garner and King, it was their third movie. Plot Andy Schaeffer is a spoiled mama's boy who usually gets his way. He breezes through college, while girlfriend Susan Daniels works hard at a job to pay for her education. She isn't sure where their relationship is going. Andy's grades begin to worsen, and he's being drafted by the army. Andy reports for basic training at Fort Ord, making it clear to everybody there that he'd rather be anyplace else. Cast * Tab Hunter as Private / Corporal Andy Schaeffer * Natalie Wood as Susan * Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Schaeffer * Jim Backus as Sergeant Hanna * Murray Hamilton as Sergeant Clyde * Henry Jones (actor), Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Many Rivers To Cross (film)
''Many Rivers to Cross'' is a 1955 American colonial Western film shot in CinemaScope directed by Roy Rowland and starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker. Plot Kentucky, the late 18th century: A traveling preacher's coming to town, but Miles Henderson is upset because Cissie Crawford seems reluctant to marry him. She seems more interested in a handsome trapper who has just arrived in the territory, Bushrod Gentry. Cissie's life is saved by Bushrod after she is attacked by Shawnee tribesmen, but he is a confirmed bachelor who lets her down gently. While traveling on his own, Bushrod is wounded by the Indians and in danger until another woman, Mary Stuart Cherne, saves his life. Feeling love at first sight, Mary takes him home to her Scottish-born father, Cadmus, and their Indian servant, Sandak, to heal. Her longtime suitor Luke Radford is unhappy about this interloper. Bushrod again declines a chance to settle down, whereupon an angry Mary ends up keeping him there agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Americano (1955 Film)
''The Americano'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by William Castle and starring Glenn Ford. Plot Texas rancher Sam Dent (Glenn Ford) takes a small herd of three Brahman bulls to Brazil, where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war, as well as in love. Following this, he must find out who are his friends and who are his enemies. Cast * Glenn Ford as Sam Dent * Frank Lovejoy as Bento Hermany * Cesar Romero as Manuel Silvera / "El Gato" / Etc. * Ursula Thiess as Marianna * Abbe Lane as Teresa * Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Cristino * Salvador Baguez as Captain Gonzalez * Tom Powers as Jim Rogers * Dan White as Barney Dent * Frank Marlowe as Captain of Ship * George Navarro as Tuba Masero * Nyra Monsour as Tuba's Sister Production ''The Americano'' began filming in July 1953 in São Paulo, Brazil. Budd Boetticher was initially the director and Clifford Stine the cinematographer. Due to bad weather in Brazil, production stopp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steel Cage
''The Steel Cage'' is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Walter Doniger, written by Oliver Crawford, Walter Doniger, Scott Littleton, Berman Swarttz and Guy Trosper, and starring Paul Kelly (actor), Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Slezak, John Ireland (actor), John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney and Arthur Franz. It was released in December 1954, by United Artists. Plot In three separate stories, San Quentin warden Duffy must contend with a crisis at the prison. Louis, a prison cook, is about to be paroled, upsetting fellow inmate Brenner, who loves Louis's food so much that he tries to bribe him to stay behind bars. After that plan fails, a customer comes to a restaurant where Louis has been hired as chef. His insults about the dishes are so insulting, Louis smashes a plate over his head, breaking his parole. Behind prison walls again, Louis learns that Brenner's the one who sent the customer, Lee Filbert, who is now a San Quentin prisoner himself. Ruthless con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Straight (film)
''Inside Straight'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gerald Mayer and starring David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge and Paula Raymond. Plot In San Francisco in 1870, Ada Stritch owns a bank, but there is a run on it. She needs $3 million to keep it open. In desperation, she turns to Rip MacCool, a wealthy man whom she despises. Also in need of Rip's help are newspaperman Johnny Sanderson and an old acquaintance, Flutey. They and Ada each have an issue with Rip from their past. Rip offers to deal a hand of poker, and if Ada wins, he will give her the $3 million. If not, he gets the bank. Everyone recalls how they first met. Fifteen years before, Ada, a widow, had a small hotel that she wanted to sell. Rip and his pal Shocker were guests there. Rip wooed her romantically, then offered her $3,000 cash plus shares in the Mona Lisa gold mine. Ada accepted, only to learn later that the stock was worthless. Johnny was a prizefighter. After a def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The True Glory
''The True Glory'' (1945) is a co-production of the US Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information, documenting the victory on the Western Front, from Normandy to the collapse of the Third Reich. Although many individuals, including screenwriter and director Garson Kanin, contributed to the film, British director Carol Reed is normally credited as the director. The documentary was promoted with the tagline, "The story of your victory...told by the guys who won it!" The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Format The documentary film is notable for using multiple first-person perspectives as narrative voices, somewhat in the manner of '' Tunisian Victory'' (1944). However, in ''The True Glory'', instead of just an American G.I. and a British Tommy, the voices include a Canadian, a French resister, a Parisian civilian family, an African-American tank gunner, and several female perspectives including a nurse, and clerical staff. The film i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyes In The Night
''Eyes in the Night'' is a 1942 American crime mystery directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Baynard Kendrick's 1941 novel ''The Odor of Violets'' and starring Edward Arnold, Ann Harding and Donna Reed. The film was followed by a sequel (also starring Arnold), ''The Hidden Eye''. Plot New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Trouble (1942 Film)
''Girl Trouble'' is a 1942 comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Harold D. Schuster, and starring Don Ameche and Joan Bennett. It is also known as ''Between You and Me'' and ''Man from Brazil''. Plot June Delaney belongs to the upper circles of New York City's social life. When she learns that her private money has been impounded by the British government, since most of her investments are made by her father in England before the outbreak of World War II, she is very annoyed. To make the most of what she got and continue living as before she is forced to rent out her upscale apartment. She advertises in a newspaper, and gets a response from a prospective tenant, a Venezuelan playboy and sole heir to an American rubber industry, Pedro Sullivan. Pedro is going to the United States to secure a bank loan for his father's business, and needs a place to stay during the negotiations. Despite the huge cost of renting the fancy apartment, he cannot resist its beauty and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (1942 Film)
''Crossroads'' is a 1942 mystery film film noir, noir directed by Jack Conway (film-maker), Jack Conway, starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past subjects him to back-to-back blackmail schemes, which threaten his reputation, job, marriage, and future. The film was inspired by the 1938 French film ''Crossroads (1938 film), Crossroads'' which had also had a British remake ''Dead Man's Shoes (1940 film), Dead Man's Shoes'' in 1940. Plot In 1935, rising French diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his beautiful much younger bride Lucienne (Hedy Lamarr) are celebrating their third month of marriage. They are interrupted by a note from the mysterious Carlos Le Duc (Vladimir Sokoloff) demanding $1 million francs from David. Failure to make good will force Le Duc to reveal Talbot's identity to the police as a welsher. Pretending to cooperate, Talbot appears at the ransom drop, leaves a package of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Wait For You (film)
''I'll Wait for You'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Guy Trosper. The film stars Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Weidler, Paul Kelly, Fay Holden and Henry Travers. A re-make of the 1934 film ''Hide-Out'', it was released on May 16, 1941, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o .... Plot Womanizing gangster Jack Wilson, wounded while fleeing from two detectives who have arrested him, hides out in the country with a wholesome, trusting farm family, the Millers, who have no idea of his identity. As Jack slowly warms to the Millers and life on the farm, he falls in love with beautiful Pauline and determines to change his ways and pay for his past. Cast References External links * 1941 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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